Reluctance To Speak In English Among Community College Students In Malaysia
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Date
2018-01
Authors
Mahamud, Majdah
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
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English is extensively used in industries. Therefore it is vital for our vocational and technology based students to be proficient in spoken English for a better local and international employment prospect. However many of the students were reluctant to speak in English in class. The mixed method study was concerned about the levels and correlations of communication apprehension perceived by the reluctant students in the Mother tongue and English, shyness and self-esteem. The respective levels were also measured according to courses and gender followed by a general description of a typical reluctant student. The purposive sampling was used to obtain 370 students who were studying in seven Community Colleges in nine different technical courses in the North of Malaysia. Quantitative analysis result obtained showed low level of CA in the Mother tongue, high level of CA in English, high level of shyness and moderately high self-esteem. The three correlations found were between CA in English and CA in the Mother tongue, between CA in English and shyness and between CA in the Mother tongue and shyness. The females were moderately shy compared to males. The consecutive qualitative results obtained showed that the reluctant English speakers experienced high level of CA in English Language, moderately shy, scored poorly in English at SPM level, had insufficient exposure to English outside schooling environment, practice avoidance in English classes, not motivated to seek assistance for English and did not study English after school. The typical reluctant English speaker tends to experience high levels of CA in English and shyness with low vocabulary and low support from their home.
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Reluctance to speak in english among , community college students in Malaysia